THE CRYSTAL CUP Chapter Sixty Eight
The smell coming from the kitchen was giving agony to the staff in the room. The clock on the wall reads half past eight, and dinner had not yet been served. Evening menu... flank steak roasted with three cheeses, white rice to go with it, a salad...did you need more? Of course not. The aroma of the food just being prepared made everyone's hunger increase exponentially... they couldn't wait to attack that appetizing dinner with forks and company... but the matriarch had already warned that she was expecting a guest for dinner, and so that night they would eat a little later than usual. Usually Estela helped her mother prepare meals, but on this particular night, Janete didn't need her help. She said that she would prepare the evening meal herself and that her daughter could be in the company of the other family members. When the clock showed nine at night, the bell rang... Mr. Mario went to answer it and couldn't disguise his surprise at the unusual visit...
- Good evening, Mr. Mario...
- Good night... what are you doing here, Ricardo?!
- Sorry, I do not understand...
- It's late at night, we're expecting a visit... you'll excuse me, but...
- Your Mario, I'm here because your wife invited me.
Mario ran out of action...
- Jane invited you?
- Yes... but if that bothers you...
Mario recovered from his surprise.
- No, no... please come in! It's just that Janete didn't tell me anything!
And so Ricardo entered Cecília's house... when he entered the living room and greeted Cecília, the latter turned pale... he didn't expect to see his ex again so soon, even more so at his house... what the hell...?
- Girls, Ricardo is going to have dinner with us today... his mother invited him!
They were all silent, not even saying "Ah!"... Cecília, livid, got up from the sofa and went to the kitchen to talk to her mother...
- What was that idea?
- Did you like the surprise, daughter?
- Are you crazy or what? Can you explain to me why she called Ricardo to our house?
- Daughter, you need to talk to your husband...
- Talk what, creature of God?
- You have to be reconciled... after all, you received the Blessed Sacrament of Marriage, and that bond will not be broken by anyone, but God...
- I think you have a screw loose... I've been separated from Ricardo for over a year and I'm doing very well, so...
- No, daughter, it's not... you still don't realize that your soul is tormented because you're living in sin?
Cecilia looked at her mother, not believing what she had just heard... no, her mother couldn't be serious...
- Daughter, marriage is an indissoluble sacrament...
The girl just stared at her mother, looking a little incredulous at her...
-When you break that union, you are committing a very serious sin... you are condemning yourself to the flames of Hell... but first, you will have to pay your husband for all the time that she was away from him...
What's worse is that her mother was serious... no, her mother was definitely not getting it right in her head...
- You managed to ruin my night, you know? Thank you so much for this...
And Cecília turned her back on her mother, crossed the living room towards the stairs to the bedrooms... when Helena saw her going up, she tried to go after her sister... Mario just watched the action of the sisters, without losing sight of Ricardo , who at this point was talking animatedly with Estela, while making jokes to little Selene... Helena caught up with her sister in the room, and tried to find out what was going on...
- Ceci...
- The mother invited Ricardo to come here tonight...
- Yes, I think we all witnessed your arrival here at home...
- And you didn't even ask me how I would feel about it...
- Well, you know her...
- She wants me to move back in with this... asshole!
- I have to agree... it's pushing too hard...
Cecília was getting a blouse and her wallet...
- Ceci, what are you doing?
- I'm going to your house... I won't stay here a minute longer...
- Ceci...
- We'll meet later, okay?
- But you haven't even had dinner yet...
- Don't worry, I'll manage... what I can't do is stay here, at least for that night...
When Cecilia was ready to leave, her mother appeared at the bedroom door...
- Cecília, you are not going to insult me like this...
- I went... I won't stay here a second longer...
- No, you won't... you need to talk to Ricardo. You have to get right.
And, saying that, the matriarch closed the passage of the room with her body, resting her hands on both the doors... she really wanted to prevent her daughter from leaving...
- Mom... if you don't come out of the door now, I won't answer for myself...
- What are you going to do... push me?
Helena decided to intervene, try to get around the situation before it got out of control...
- Mom, please come out of the bedroom door...
- No, daughter... Cecília has to come to her senses and honor the commitment she assumed before God!
- The lady is crazy!
- For wanting to save your soul?
- I take care of my soul. And please move out of the way... or I'll have to push you...
- You wouldn't dare...
- I won't repeat it... please get out of the way!
Mario heard the noise coming from the upper floor and decided to go up to find out what was going on. The volume of voices was rising, which meant that the women were getting excited... it was better to see what was happening and try to resolve the situation, before it got out of control... Ricardo and Estela continued to talk, apparently without mind the discussion that was striding upstairs. Mario was reaching the last flight of steps when things really broke down between mother and daughter. The two grappled with each other, Helena tried to separate them, took an elbow and ended up falling near the bed... Mario ran to try to separate them, but then it was too late... the two ended up rolling down the corridor and... well, he was almost caught by their violence too... and they ended up falling down the stairs... the salad was ready...
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